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Nearly Thousand People Attend the Band Concert and Athletic Fvents Sunday .A crowd estimated at nearly a thousand people enjoyed the joint band concert, at Governor’s Island, yesterday afternoon, furnished by the Dering and Brazil bands. The band boys were the guests of the Is land Park company, which furnished them with beans, pickles, cake, ice cream, etc., at dinner time. The concert was said to be exceedingly good and much appreciated by the large audience During the afternoon contests were staged, both for ladies and gentlemen. An egg race for Indies was won by Ethel Falls, who received $1.00. Violet York, second, was awarded 50 cents. Peter Yanevich won first prize of $1.00 in the foot race in water contest. Albert Johnson was second, with 50 cents as the prize Andrew Graham won the race across the river and back and thus won $2. There was no second prize. In the boys’ foot race, Fletcher Parrott won first prize of 50 cents; William Brock second, 25 cents. Winifred Golden won the girls’ foot race and a prize of $1.00. Andrew Graham was‘the best diver and received $2.00 The Bence and Youman teams won the horseshoe pitching contest and were awarded $2.00.
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Clinton Daily Clintonian
Clinton, Indiana, US
Mon, Aug 23, 1920
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